Decapoda - Astacidea - Nephropidae - Eunephrops

Eunephrops cadenasi Chace, 1939



World Distribution
Poupin (1994, Etudes & Thèses) - Western Atlantic, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique) - 434-607 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 388-607 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique). 388-607 m (Poupin, 1994; Gervain et al., 2002). WA.
Eunephrops cadenasi - Holthuis, 1974: 849, Dominica, R/V Oregon, st. 5926, 503 m. - Holthuis, FAO, 1991: 55, fig. 101, distribution. - Paulmier, 1993: 21, Guadeloupe, Martinique [Trap, 400-540 m]. - Paulmier & Gervain, 1994: 10, tab. 2, Martinique [R/V Polka, deep trap]. - Poupin, 1994, IRD Etudes & Thèses, p. 27 - Guadeloupe, Polka, 500-607 m, det. E. Macpherson (MNHN), also Martinique. - Gervain et al., 2002: 17, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, trap 388-572 m].
Eunephrops cadenasi - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4520, 9 June 2015, 16°34.91'N, 61°42.18'W, 532-550 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18849.
Comment: depth range and color of the specimen are those of E. cadenasi but presence of a median longitudinal carina on abdominal somites must be verified on the specimen.

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